Reply to: Another one bites the dust....

[Sysman]

One of my all time favourite pubs

The new owner, a Mr Martin Sherry has told us unequivocally that he has bought the building to use as his own private home and has no intention of selling to anyone.

Definitely a shame to see that one go, but this has been happening since the 1980s.

It used to be that turning an old manor house into a pub was a commercially viable way of preserving a historic building. Sadly no longer true.

[realityhack]

Crossed a few lines there guys - posts deleted.

[NickWallace87]

Locals having hissy fits about pubs they haven't properly supported over the years

You know my local then? A bit of a sweeping statement!

I was simply commenting on general opinion.

[Old Hack]

No that's the price. Included the cost of the plans, building regs. I've got the latest housebuilder book and Home Building & Renovating magazine. Really good calculator in one of them that outlines the build costs(average) in different locations in the country, by build quality and service (ie. do it yourself, fully managed). Fully managed is the most expensive.

Build Cost Calculator | Homebuilding & Renovating

Excellent help this.

Yes, it is good, have read it myself. Didn't realise it was all in, just thought it was the build price fully managed. Seems very good, given plans and Build regs should cost 5k.

I have friends in the area whom I still use who would be a bit cheaper than that, however, than means self managing and I can see you'd want to avoid that.

It's getting cheaper in that area, as works running a bit dry, and a lot of builders are starting to trample on each others toes, which isn't going down well.

Good luck regardless.

[MarillionFan]

55 sq m for 60k. Seems a bit steep MF, fully managed admitedly, but still a bit sharp.

Right about renting though, lots of renters about there. Horrid place though. Rough as all crap. Once read there were more murders per capita there, than in cleveland, although never verified it.

Always disliked Trowbridge as a kid.

No that's the price. Included the cost of the plans, building regs. I've got the latest housebuilder book and Home Building & Renovating magazine. Really good calculator in one of them that outlines the build costs(average) in different locations in the country, by build quality and service (ie. do it yourself, fully managed). Fully managed is the most expensive.

Build Cost Calculator | Homebuilding & Renovating

Excellent help this.

[SupremeSpod]

55 sq m for 60k. Seems a bit steep MF, fully managed admitedly, but still a bit sharp.

Right about renting though, lots of renters about there. Horrid place though. Rough as all crap. Once read there were more murders per capita there, than in cleveland, although never verified it.

Always disliked Trowbridge as a kid.

Is that real or yet another exaggeration?

[Old Hack]

Had builders quotes. Best is £60k for a 600 sq ft (£1000 per sq ft) end terrace house (attached to existing property I bought at the beginning of the year) fully managed build. Present tenant doesn't want me to build during her 1st six months, so I'm not.

I wouldnt live in Trowbag, but more then willing to rent property out there.

55 sq m for 60k. Seems a bit steep MF, fully managed admitedly, but still a bit sharp.

Right about renting though, lots of renters about there. Horrid place though. Rough as all crap. Once read there were more murders per capita there, than in cleveland, although never verified it.

Always disliked Trowbridge as a kid.

[Old Hack]

Is that real or another exaggeration?

Just asking, like.

Are you stalking me Spod? It's all rather strange.

Why don't you go and find some permieUK forum you can pontificate, and spout your bulltulip to, as you just look a dick on here.

[MarillionFan]

Trowbridge? Jeez, I'd be walking away from that one. Unless you are intending on living there <shudder>, you can't give stuff away there at the moment, yet builders are still looking at about 850 sq m+ on a build price.

Keep away from listed buildings, well away. The costs just rise, and rise, and rise. Also, the 350 is a guide price, and ime, they tend to go an awful lot higher than guide.

As an aside, I do know some good builders in the area. I actually got the plasterers I have always used to do my house in Reigate when I renovated it.

Had builders quotes. Best is £60k for a 600 sq ft (£1000 per sq ft) end terrace house (attached to existing property I bought at the beginning of the year) fully managed build. Present tenant doesn't want me to build during her 1st six months, so I'm not.

I wouldnt live in Trowbag, but more then willing to rent property out there.

[SupremeSpod]

Trowbridge? Jeez, I'd be walking away from that one. Unless you are intending on living there <shudder>, you can't give stuff away there at the moment, yet builders are still looking at about 850 sq m+ on a build price.

Keep away from listed buildings, well away. The costs just rise, and rise, and rise. Also, the 350 is a guide price, and ime, they tend to go an awful lot higher than guide.

As an aside, I do know some good builders in the area. I actually got the plasterers I have always used to do my house in Reigate when I renovated it.

Is that real or another exaggeration?

Just asking, like.

[Old Hack]

I was talking about keeping it as a hotel. Haven't done the calculations for a conversion. I've only just got the plans drawn up & costs for a new build in Trowbridge. Conversions of listed buildings are way above me at the moment.

Trowbridge? Jeez, I'd be walking away from that one. Unless you are intending on living there <shudder>, you can't give stuff away there at the moment, yet builders are still looking at about 850 sq m+ on a build price.

Keep away from listed buildings, well away. The costs just rise, and rise, and rise. Also, the 350 is a guide price, and ime, they tend to go an awful lot higher than guide.

As an aside, I do know some good builders in the area. I actually got the plasterers I have always used to do my house in Reigate when I renovated it.

[wurzel]

Oh hang on....

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I had scampi and chips in there just a few months back.

Problem with Southstoke is that it is a highly desirable, overpriced commuter village just on the edge of town. I doubt that many of the villagers would have used the pub that much - most would have come from the housing estates across the fields.

[MarillionFan]

Home entertainment is now so good nobody can be arsed heading down to a crap pub for a flat pint.

Let's face it a lot of places are crap and probably deserve to go to the wall.

£3.95 for a Stella at my local. Taking the piss for piss.

[minestrone]

Home entertainment is now so good nobody can be arsed heading down to a crap pub for a flat pint.

Let's face it a lot of places are crap and probably deserve to go to the wall.

[MarillionFan]

That's actually my neck of the woods MF, where I moved when we moved to the country in the 70's.

Its going to auction, so will finish way above 350k + auction fees. DPP will be 3k+ per unit, so another £30 odd k. That's before you've started the construction work, which I believe, given you'd need a new kitchen and bathroom for each unit, would be a further 25k min a unit (its a listed building, so cant be done on the cheap) or about 200k minimum bare bones. That's with an internal footprint of only 390 metres, or about fook all per unit (48 sq m)

Take into consideration you'd be looking at about 110 per unit, I think you'd struggle to make enough money to make it worthwhile.

might speak to my brother later to see if he knows about it though...

I was talking about keeping it as a hotel. Haven't done the calculations for a conversion. I've only just got the plans drawn up & costs for a new build in Trowbridge. Conversions of listed buildings are way above me at the moment.